Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'skill'

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When you are using hand tools like a chisel or a plane, I like to sharpen the blade often. I will even sharpen multiples times during a day if I am using that tool a lot. After talking about this, I show you how I freehand sharpen a spokeshave blade.
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The non-profit I started is getting ready to build our 2nd project. The concept behind Artisan Care is to create a chance for woodworkers of all levels to come together to learn and make something greater together than they could on their own, then give it away.
Our first project went really well and now we are moving toward build number 2!
This table will be delivered to a elderly couple raising their granddaughters in Fairview, TN. Their house was recently fully renovated and is n...

This series follows work in my shop, plus a lot of other interesting and useful insights (I hope that they are useful, anyway ;-). In this video I’m continuing to refurbish a rising top coffee table, I show the Dandy Lift for moving heavy stuff around the shop (really saves my back), and I show the different types and thicknesses of veneers for various purposes in my work. I think you will like it.
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Sometimes I find my Bandsaw Blade is too wide to cut the curve on my piece. In this quick tip I show you a way to get around this problem.
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In this quick tip, I talk about keeping your bits and blades clean to help prolong their life and continue to give you clean and crisp results.
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Did you know you could use both sides of a bit at the router table? In this quick tip I show you how.
Watch this on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ZFRw-4V_qNY
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Metrication, or metrification, if you will, is now in use all over the world with only three holdouts. They are Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and Liberia and the United States.As far back as the 1800s metric standards were considered as the basis for a worldwide standard.SI as it is known (short for Le Système International d’Unités) is actually being practiced by many manufacturers and service companies in the US. and metric measures are now recognized in the common market place. A...

Hello Everyone,New shop update video now on YouTube. This episode we talk about the dog bowl stand, the hanging tool cabinet build, Our guest build in September & more. Here is a link to the video. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZClVhPMyqQ

PVC Pipe Stool with some woodworking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM82xM8cwf4
Even though my Youtube channel is known as ‘Wacky Wood Works’ the first line on my about page reads, “Making simple projects with wood, plastic, metal, fabric, cardboard & anything else. Simply making stuff. Most projects are made purely off the cuff and only have a general idea how it will turn out.”
So basically just generally making stuff. Although wood will be my most co...

In this show, Mitch and I discuss the pros and cons of both the hand tool and power tool method for squaring a board from rough lumber.
Power Tool Method – https://youtu.be/7YMEPC6xuDEHand Tool Method – https://youtu.be/QNImD4-CHUI
As always, I welcome your comments and questions!
https://youtu.be/0mnLyBMtae8